San Diego at Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh won 9-4 on Tuesday night, but it was just the second win in 14 games for the Pirates, who have fallen into fourth place in the NL Central after leading briefly earlier in the season. Tonight they face Blake Snell, who has been one of the hottest pitchers in the majors allowing only one run on 13 hits his past five starts in 31 innings pitched. San Diego won three of them, including 10-0 against San Francisco on Thursday when Snell threw six shutout innings on three hits with 11 strikeouts and he has 35 Ks his past three starts. The Pirate hitters that have faced him are 1-for-24 for a .042 batting average. Pittsburgh will counter with Mitch Keller, who is 1-2 with a 4.07 ERA in June. San Diego has won 15 of 22 road games versus teams with losing records and the Pirates have lost five of six against left-handed starters. Take the Padres.